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New Kids On The Block Are Back With New Album

• 19th Feb 2013

New Kids On The Block announce the release of their new album ‘10’, their sixth studio album and the first since The Block which was released on September 2, 2008 and debuted at number 1 pop album on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart and peaked at number 16 in the UK.

Jordan Knight, Jonathan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg and Danny Wood announced the new record when they appeared on US TV show The View on January 22nd. After legions of fans crashed RyanSeacrest.com for a first listen on January 25th, New Kids On The Block released the album’s lead single ‘Remix (I Like The)’ exclusively on iTunes worldwide. NKOTB add to their arsenal with this thumping, guitar infused, sure to be smash single that’s already rising on the iTunes Top 20!

‘10’ – album track listing:

We Own Tonight
Remix (I Like The)
Take My Breath Away
Wasted On You
Fighting Gravity
Miss You More
The Whisper
Jealous (Blue)
Crash
Back To Life
Now Or Never
Survive You

NKOTB also announced on The View that they will be touring North America this summer with special guests Boys II Men and 98 Degrees. After revealing the exciting news about ‘The Package Tour’, the three multi-platinum-selling groups set out on a day long media blitz stopping by outlets like Access Hollywood, CNN, E!, ET, EXTRA, OMG! Insider, VH1 Big Morning Buzz, US Weekly and Rolling Stone. The tour will play to sold out arenas across North America. Social media has been a buzz ever since the official reveal with no signs of slowing down and #REMIXNKOTB was a trending topic worldwide around this premiere, reaching as high as #2, and #1 in the US .

In 2011 the Boston pop icons joined the Backstreet Boys as part of the historic NKOTBSB Tour which included seven sold out UK arena shows. New Kids On The Block have sold more than 80 million albums worldwide — including back-to-back international #1 songs, 1988’s Hangin’ Tough and 1990’s Step By Step — and a series of crossover smash R&B, pop hits like “You Got It (The Right Stuff),” “Cover Girl,” “Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time),” “Hangin’ Tough,” “I’ll Be Loving You,” “Step By Step” and “Tonight.” The group shattered concert box office records playing an estimated 200 concerts a year, in sold out stadiums throughout the world. They still hold many of these records to date.